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Patented Mar. 20, 1945 Lillian Rousa new York, N.;Y., lassignori to lohnHall- Ma'rx CogNe'w York, N. Y; i

i Anplication'March-24, 1943, Serial No. 480,263

'2 Claims.

This invention relates to wearing apparel.

One object of the present invention is to provide a garment, forexample, acoat or jacket with a detachable collar or yoke which, whendetached from the coat or jacket, can be formed into another article.

Another object is to provide an article which can be easily formed intoa hat or head covering.

A further object is the provision of an article of wearing apparel whichcan be worn either as a collar on a coat or jacket or as a hat or headcovering.

The invention will best be understood from the following description,reference being had to the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a front view of a garment embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the back of said garment;

Fig. 3 is a plan view ofa convertible collar andhat-forming article;

Fig. 4 is a front view showing the article formed into a hat; i

Fig. 5 is a view of the back of the hat illustrated in Fig. 4;

Figs. 6 and 7 are views similar to Figs. 4 and 5, respectively, showing.a modification.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the garment Ill embodying thepresent invention comprises as here shown a coat or jacket l2 and acollar or yoke I4 which when detached and removed from the coat 12 canbe formed into a hat as illustrated in Figs. land 5. Preferably, but notnecessarily, the coat I2 is a raincoat and the convertible collar oryoke l4 is likewise preferably formed of waterproof or water resistantfabric or other sheet material. As here shown, the coat [2 is providedwith a permanent collar l6 having a trimming I8.

, The convertible collar or yoke and hat-forming article [4 is suitablyshaped to provide the back part 20 and the laterally spaced shoulderportions 22 and to provide also the curved neck 'portion 24. Morespecifically, as shown in Fig. 3, said article l4 comprises a fiat,substantially rectangular piece of fabric, which is preferablywaterproof or water repellant, provided with a curved re-entrant edgeindicated at 24 and laterally spaced portions at the ends of said curvededge forming said shoulder portions 22 when.

the article is worn as a collar or yoke. The shoulder portions 22 areprovided with button holes 26 and the back part is provided with butisprovided with buttons 34'which engages the button'holes ,2Baof theshouldersportionsl22, with buttons :36 which "engage. in thebu'ttonzholes 3'28 and 30 of back portion :20, and with' buttons .(not

shown) which engage in the button holes 32,

v said last mentioned buttons being positioned under the collar l6 'andbeing therefore invisible in Figs. 1 and 2. The back portion ofconvertible collar [4 is foldable along a line 38 providing a foldededge 40 as illustrated in Fig. 2, said back portion being held in foldedcondition by the buttons'36 which pass through the companion buttonholes 28 and 3B. A trimming 42 is provided on the back portion 20, thistrimming being concealed from view, as it is folded inwardly when theconvertible collar is attached to the coat as illustrated in Figs. 1 and2, and being exposed to view as illustrated in Fig. 4 when theconvertible collar is detached from the doat and worn as a hat. A tab 44is stitched to the convertible collar and hat-forming article I4 at theedge of the neck portion 24 and is foldable' from the position thereofshown in full lines in Fig. 3, to the position shown in dotted lines inFig, 3, said tab providing a top for the hat formed from saidconvertible collar l4 as illustrated in Fig. 5. Said tab is providedwith a button-hole 46. i

When it is desired to utilize the article M as a hat, as illustrated,for example, in Figs. 4 and 5, i

said convertible collar [4 is removed from coat latter in position forcovering the top of the hat.

As illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7, the garment here shown issubstantially the same as the gar ment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5. Theconvertible collar I 4A is the same as the convertible collar [4 exceptthat as here shown the con vertible collar and hat-forming article I4Ais-attached by means of buttons to the upper part ton holes 28 and 30.Also, button holes 32 are provided near the neck portion 24. The coat l2of. the coat, the collar I6 being turnedup. In Fig. '7 there are shownbuttons 52 which are attached to thecollar I6 for engaging in the buttonholes 32 of the neck portion of convertible collar l4 when the latter isworn as a collar or yoke as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that various changes may be madetherein. Accordingly, I do not wish to be limited to the constructionherein shown or described except to the extent which may be required bythe scope of the appended claims.

' Havin thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. .A hat blank foldable from flat-blank formation into hat formation,said hat blank comprising a, flat member having opposite side edges andlaterally spaced portions extending laterally inwardly of .the blankfrom said side edges, re-

spectively, at one end of the blank, and a curved 4 re-entrant edge atsaid end of the blank extend ing from the inner end of one of saidlaterally spaced portions to the. inner end of the other of saidlaterally spaced portions, said Side edges I extending along lines whichare in converging relation from said end of theblank toward the oppositeend thereof,' said fiat member being foldable into a hat in which saidcurved reentrant edge extends around the top of the hat and theend-edges of said laterally spacedcportions extend downwardly from thetop of; the

hat to the lower edge thereof.

to the inner end of the other of said laterally spaced portions, saidside edges extending along lines which are in converging relation fromsaid end of the blank toward the opposite end thereof, said flat memberbeing foldable into a hat in .which said curved re-entrant edge extendsaround the top of the hat and the end-edges of said laterally spacedportions extend downwardly from the top of the hat to the lower edgethereof, and means on said laterally spaced portions for securing themtogether in said downwardly extending relation.

LILLIAN M. ROUSE.

